Has anyone ever done this around here? any shops that can do the swap? any idea how much it would cost?

 

Well when you are in kali, hit up racingbeat they did a 13bt swap into miata

 

www.DGEmotorsports.com is currently building a 12A Miata. Pictures are posted on the webpage.

 

if i ever had a miata id definatly do it, i think id be amazing. ive seen em in drift cars like one in japan and a few in the nopi drift seires there pretty ridiculous

 

yeah, well the scenario is if I cant find a decent TII w/ good mods for $4500 i'm goin with the miata.....planning on doing this next month so i'll keep you guys posted, just need to get more info on what needs to be done

 

u could also buy blown up gxl or se n swap it n do it up for around 4500

 

A friend of mine has one,his son did the swap,and it was a big job,moving the steering rack,cutting and swapping sides of the framerails,etc,

 

wow thats weird. i wouldnt think ud have to cut frame rails n all that jive. a 5.0 from the mustang drops in w/ different mounts. monster miata has a whole kit to do the swap for that motor so i wouldnt think that puttin in a much smaller motor would be so ridiculous. ive also seen sr20det's in a miata, wonder if it was that extensive as well.

 

hmm....thats N/A tho right? theres actually a miata w/ 13b for sale in cali and the motor looks pretty built even has ITB

 

That'd be fun! 9k redline w/ itbs in a little miata... V8 would just be absurd... never seen either in action...

I'd go for the rotary over the V8 personally... think the powerband of the rotary would be more fun.

 

It doesn't allways thake the at much work. you can put it in above the frame rails, but then the engine would sit pretty high and you'd have pinion angle issues and hood clearance issues. That's why you don't see it that much. Either you do it right and it takes a shitload of work, or you slap it in above the frame and have a bunch of other issues to deal with.

 

Remember,v8's get smaller from top to bottom,rotaries are the square from top to bottom,so you would get more clearance with a v6 or v8.

 

I'm not much for bigger engines and i'd like to keep it in the mazda family =)

 

very true, good point.

hey i love the wankels too, a lot more than a v8 but i was watchin some show on spike n the guy was tryin to make a modern day fast lil roadster like the 427 cobra. he ended up droppin in a 350 instead of the 302, never saw it run but im sure if he got on itd practically just do doughnought all day